Cults

Exchanges from a self-proclaimed spiritual healer, who received $1.4 million from a dying devotee, detail how he coached her on everything from her will, to her diet, and dealings with her family. The emails, supplied to the ABC, have not been made public until now.

Members of the cult would say "strength and honour" to greet their leader "Taipan", the District Court has heard. James Gino Salerno has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a young follower.

A former member of the Grace Road Church, which mainstream churches say is a cult, details how she became involved with the group, some of its bizarre beliefs and how a lucky meeting with police helped her get out.

A beautiful mansion — built by Sir Alexander Downer — became home to a cult decades later. Details of the group known as the "Ideal Human Environment" movement have been revealed during a District Court trial.

A coronial inquest into the disappearance of a self-styled religious cult leader and his family in WA fails to determine whether the group is alive or dead, leaving parents without answers after 11 years.

Many of the inmates sentenced to death over a deadly sarin gas attack on the Japanese subway 23 years ago today appear to be one step closer to their execution dates, but some victims believe the cult members should have their lives spared.

Providence is a secretive Korean Christian sect, led by a convicted rapist, with more than 100,000 members worldwide, including here in Australia. The Australian father of one cult member reveals his struggle to get his daughter back.

When Gerry Wagemans discovered his daughter had been recruited into a Korean cult led by a convicted rapist, he was traumatised. He copes by pretending Camilla is no longer part of his life, but hopes that one day she'll return home.

A family — including a five-year-old girl — involved in a cult in Western Australia's south could have moved to Brazil under false identities, be living "off the grid", have taken their own lives, or even have been murdered, an inquest hears.